It has been quite the year for Patrick Sloan. This year the Brit became a new dad. And a new grandpa. Oh yeah, and he also became a new great-grandfather.
Yes, all in one year. In fact, the 60-year-old father (and grandfather and ... well, you get the picture) had all this awesome baby news come at him in a matter of months. Three months, to be exact.
So how did this all happen? You might want to take notes to keep up with this one.
Here's the deal: Patrick's wife, Joanne (who happens to be 21 years his junior at 39 ... and his second wife), got pregnant. Then Patrick's 35-year-old daughter Odette announced she had a bun in the oven. And not much later, it came out that Odette's 18-year-old daughter Fern was going to be a teen mom.
Now there are several generations raising kids all at once. Which can be a little awkward at times, but it has turned out to be lifesaving for me at times.
My dad comes from one of those huge Catholic families. That means that his youngest sister was a teenager when I was born. Now we're both moms of young kids -- in fact the younger of my two first cousins isn't even a whole year older than my daughter -- and I can't even count the number of times I've leaned on her. She's my aunt, but she gets where I'm coming from in ways that other older relatives don't because she's having the same experiences I am at more or less the same time. Not to mention the cousins have a lot of fun when we get them together.
Congratulations to the Sloan family and their three new baby boys!
Do you know any multi-generational families raising kids at the same time? How does it work?
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We don't know if she's a just turned 18, single, highschool drop out, unemployed, family is supporting her, no help from the father type new mother or if she is a nearly 18, newly wed, highschool grad, both gainfully employed, and BOTH sides of the family are ecstatic over the new baby. 18 is an adult not a "statistic teenage mom" that has the odds stacked against her. My best friend had twins at 19. Let me just say it was no accident and her AND her husband were thrilled with their girls. Yet everyone acted the same. Horrified that such a young woman had babies, as if she had done something wrong. Social workers at the hospital even went so far as to suggest she should give at least one of them up for adoption. When pressured as to the reason why because of how angry she was they finally admitted it was simply due to how young she was and nothing else. They had not done any checking or asked into her support system that she would have when the girls would be released from the NICU(they were fine, just early).
Now, I'm a young grandparent too. All without a single penny of welfare or anything. Gasp!
Wow, crazy talk!
All the Judgey McJudgertons can kiss our happy little family bums.
God Bless them & their new babies.
Gee, I'm afraid to comment about being being 62 years old when I married a 19 year old and having a son....now four years later we are expecting our second child....We are happy and I leave it in God's hands how long I live but I am enjoying every second of this.....Congratulations to the dad/grandad/great grandad.....ignore the haters and enjoy your life.
So the man's new baby will be the great aunt or uncle of his grand daughter's baby. that is just crazy, but i wish them all the best. millions of women have babies over age 35 and they come out fine. as long as she has good prenatal care, nothing should happen and 18 is NOT a teen mom. That girl is legally an adult and is perfectly capable of raising a child. People are so judgemental.